This evening a curious set of tweets by the normally diplomatic Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor caught the attention of Twitterati and the minister later clarified that his Twitter account has been hacked.

All the tweets were bizarrely enough directed at Pakistani Columnist Mehr Tarar, who was understandably surprised by the sudden attention from the minister on Twitter.

Reuters

After a set of bizarre tweets, Tharoor tweeted:

Sorry folks, my @Twitter account has been hacked & will be temporarily deactivated. Bear with me while we solve this.